The Biggest PROBLEM Beginners have with their PAINT HANDLING and BRUSHWORK

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Күн бұрын

Brushwork is fundamental in the appearance of the painted surface. Most people think that one only needs to get the right color at the right place but there is an almost infinite number of ways to apply the same color at the same spot and this is where the difference between beginners and masters lies.
Typically, a beginner will use a very limited selection of paint application techniques: the movement of the brush will most likely come from the fingers and the brush is usually held like a pencil, near the ferrule, which limits the amplitude of the stroke. Very often, the angle of the brush related to the canvas is close to 90°and the pressure is usually stronger than needed, similar to writing.
Obviously, we all went through this and it’s perfectly normal to have a more limited range of techniques at first. For a beginner, you see, painting is so new that it feels reassuring to start with a paint handling technique that feels familiar, that’s why the most common thing is to to hold the brush like a pencil. Everybody knows how to write and draw with a pencil so, when you take a paintbrush in your hand, it feels natural to hold it like a pencil.
And let’s say it right away, it’s fine ! This way of holding the brush is perfectly adapted for details and finitions, the only problem is… not everything can be about details and precision. Imagine that you visit a museum and can only look at the paintings through a magnifying glass, that would be a very poor experience because you’d miss the whole context.
Chapters:
00:00 The problem most beginners have
01:45 78,732 ways to apply the same color
at the same spot
06:44 Break
07:11 Control the amount of paint in your brush
07:45 Visualize your brush stroke
08:53 Not happy? Scrape it off!
09:03 Tight vs Loose
10:35 Use all the potential of each brush
11:07 Pick the right brush
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The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :
Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
✓ Square charcoals
✓ Natural charcoal box
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
Oil painting
Palette
(Extra-fine paint, recommended brands depending on availability: Lefranc Bourgeois, Winsor and Newton, Royal Talens Rembrandt)
✓ Titanium white PW6
✓ Yellow ochre PY42
✓ Burnt Sienna PR101 or PBr7
✓ Venetian red or English red PR101
✓ Permanent Alizarin crimson (Attention: do not use the traditional pigment, which is not very light-fast) PV19 or PR177 or Quinacridone Rose PV19
✓ Cobalt teal blue PG50
✓ French ultramarine blue PB29
✓ Raw umber PBr7
✓ Burnt umber PBr7
✓ Ivory Black PBk9
Brushes
✓ About ten filbert hog bristle brushes sizes n° 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
✓ Some flat brushes
✓ Round sable brush or round Kolinsky sable n° 4, 8, 10, 12 (from the size of the nail (about one inch) or synthetic imitation
Medium
✓ Linseed stand oil
✓ Odourless mineral spirits
✓ Safflower oil
Surface
✓ Linen canvas, fine grain universal coating
✓ For studies : Canson oil-acrylic oil paper Figueras
Others
✓ Palette
✓ Foam and spalter brushes
✓ Palette knife in the shape of a water drop, no souldering
✓ A few small pots, containers, jars...
✓ Paper towels
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@droneracer 2 жыл бұрын

This week I have drawn my first picture looking at the values rather than trying to draw what I think it should look like, and it looks far better than anything I've drawn before.

@FlorentFargesarts 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, keep it up ! 👍

@yarnpower 2 жыл бұрын

There is an excellent classic book on that topic, ‘Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain’.

@emmettolson3499 Жыл бұрын

I wish KZfaq had a picture feature cause I’m curious to see it. It’s wonderful when artists recognize their growth

@sarius24 5 ай бұрын

@@yarnpower I read that book as a young teen many many years ago and it still stays in my mind today

@adhdhamster 4 ай бұрын

I wish I could love react to this for you ❤

@blygalaar3952 2 жыл бұрын

I've been painting for several years now and although most of this seems like common sense, it made me realize that I've been overlooking some of the obvious powers my brush has. Sometimes I get caught up in exercising what skills I know I have, that I forget about some others.

@DJarry394 3 ай бұрын

I like to lay the paint in at times. I hold the brush nearly at the end and balance on thumb and forefinger, and use my arm in swoops. When I was in grad school figure painting, one professor was aghast at how I put the paint on, because i didn’t carefully layer and figure everything out in the underpainting, and I scrubbed, layered, laid strokes, scraped and scribbled with the brush. He told me he thought I was going to make a mess, but always pulled it through. I may not have given the impression I knew what I was doing, but I always did. I gesture like crazy

@jsvenier 2 жыл бұрын

The glass is perfect because the texture doesn’t interfere. Brilliant choice

@MickAngelhere 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes when I’m working on a painting and it feels like it’s not working I go wild with the brush and then somehow the painting comes together

@manicangel7796 Жыл бұрын

I believe many artist who allow themselves to finally just "let go" will agree with you. Sometimes it's not about the detail. I think the illusion of detail is way better than 97thousand tiny little blades of grass. (although the latter is quite impressive

@MickAngelhere Жыл бұрын

@@manicangel7796 true 👍

@adhdhamster 4 ай бұрын

@@manicangel7796the hardest but best lesson I've learned. I'm still trying to practice it but it made a world of difference

@citadelofwinds1564 2 ай бұрын

In discovered this channel recently, and it's hands down the best, most informative and useful art channel I've come across. I did some art classes over the years, and not one of the teachers ever taught us anything useful. There was no instruction - unless you asked about something specific - it was mostly just supervision, with the teachers pottering about their own thing while the classes were largely left to fend for themselves. There were even teachers who seemed annoyed by students asking "too many" questions. Even art books rarely touch upon things like what a difference it makes where you hold the brush. So it's really refreshing to have finally found a source that provides proper instruction and detailed advice on the fundamentals of painting. So thank you for providing these truly helpful, high-quality videos.

@alejandraalvarez5217 2 жыл бұрын

A marvelous study of a brushwork!!! I’ve done this for years, but I never paid to much attention to the detail, now I’m aware of all this possibilities... 78,732 thanks!!! I love it...

@ianbrowne8871 2 жыл бұрын

I think you are the most analytical of all the artists I follow on YT. It is refreshing to find an artist and teacher, who takes a problem topic and pulls it apart and then puts it back together. By going through this process, you can identify the constituent parts and then see how they relate to each other. We can then see the grammar of painting and this armed, we can practise with more confidence. All too often artist start to talk about the emotion which is of little practical help when you need to develop the skills first before you can express emotion.

@chiricuttcomepapt5100 10 ай бұрын

Nice comment. You analyzed the analyzer. Thanks!

@alexandrawinsor881 7 ай бұрын

Problematic topic!? What is this politics? No it’s painting. It’s not a problematic topic. It’s people holding brushes the way they feel comfortable holding them.

@ianbrowne8871 7 ай бұрын

I am happy to people to hold brushes any way they like if it makes them happy. What Florent is discussing is the process of acquiring skills and we can consider the advice of a teacher or find out the hard way and get very frustrated. All too often when people buy a self assembly item, the last thing look at is the instructions provided. They only do this when they have made a mess of things. Painting can be good therapy but he addressing people who wish to master a skill. @@alexandrawinsor881

@thestarspark2288 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! It's hard for experienced artists to explain because most of us were not explicitly taught this, we learnt through practice. Super useful for beginners!

@kathystrasters1828 2 жыл бұрын

You are brilliant at explaining. Thank you. And for not wasting... Glass option, wonderful.

@williamwinn948 Жыл бұрын

The biggest problem with beginners is they're trying to paint like masters, Just paint and enjoy the process, it will come with time And you will find your own style

@s.larsensam8692 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. So true.? The curve is steep but as Einstein pointed out that’s why TIME exists because we can’t do everything in a moment.

@alexandrawinsor881 7 ай бұрын

No we don’t try to paint like “the masters” we try to paint. It doesn’t matter how.

@alexandrawinsor881 7 ай бұрын

@@s.larsensam8692um. So NOT true.

@beatrixtracy 7 ай бұрын

But some advice is essential too. Like putting a base coat/ gesso on canvasses, don't waste good paint on cheap canvasses, paint fat over lean, the usefulness of liquin etc etc. Art equipment is too expensive to not have some basic tips. Some colour mixing advice or experimentation goes a long way. Or the advice of painting what you see, not what you think you see.

@Timoteusmusik 6 ай бұрын

How would you know?🤡

@martincrawford5173 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know there were different ways to move your arms when paintings. I use my elbows and wrists. Never thought of painting with shoulders and entire self. Thank you for these videos.

@liv0003 Ай бұрын

it also applies to drawing, if you draw with your shoulder instead of just your wrist you have a much wider variety of gestures which allows you to draw any shape much more easily

@Chocaluvr 8 ай бұрын

A mahl stick is very useful to keep your hand steady while painting above the canvas. More-so when painting in oil so that your palm doesn’t rest on the wet paint underneath.

@ptur12345 4 ай бұрын

Why have I not heard of this before?! I've always struggled with accuracy in the latter stages of painting due to having no supports. Gonna have to get myself one of these.

@Paramocinema 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos. I bought your oil painting videos and I learned a quite amount. I always like painting but I didn’t have the appropriate information. I’m glad I found your channel. Not only helped me to grow as and individual but also helped me to appreciate art from another perspective. I visited MOMA again after some time and I had a complete different experience. . I’m looking forward for the color videos next. Thanks again.

@anthonypc1 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I love how you track alllll these permutations of painterly choices we have. Quantitatively inspiring.

@terryhorowitz7076 2 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting & terrific to watch. Brilliant! You've given me a lot to think about & try out. Thank you!

@navalakshman5970 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, I learned a lot from this video. These endless possibilities of brush work attract me in painting. Thanks again

@mohrkatja8923 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again.... For your generous sharing. You give importance yo the detail of so many variations which I underated and now it gives me a kick to put much more importance to my work... Gratitude🙏🏽🦋🖌

@claires9100 2 жыл бұрын

"Paint loose when you paint the context, then tighter for the points of focus".

@manonbrmt909 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing at explaining, thank you for your work, it’s really inspiring

@ulaswierczynska4502 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and valuable material. I was waiting for something like this, thank you ♡

@kaizze8777 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a digital painter and this is so useful and makes me want to go back to acrylic and sprays

@theartisthands 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the information. Your information helps me to reflect on my own painting style.

@holamissmusica Жыл бұрын

This was so informative as well as entertaining, thank you 🙌🏾

@stevenallan6515 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Well-spoken and presented

@lantanalanta1709 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, thank you!

@fatemaalbalooshi1980 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent points , learning so much from you. Thank you 🙏🏻

@sambarboo4701 Жыл бұрын

I find myself coming back to this most useful video.

@k.r.5722 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the video, it’s exactly what I needed and it’s broken down in such an easy way to understand as a student! ❤

@FlorentFargesarts 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, glad my work can be helpful ❤️😊🎨

@hectorherrera8316 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Master!

@theophiluschristopher2088 Жыл бұрын

They are no rules to holding a brush.. Just flow with it... So long you get what you desire.

@ANIMExXTY Жыл бұрын

I make more and more acute angle in painting from start to finish because it provides me the thickness with each layer ❤

@tonivergara5725 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You've wonderfully explained so much! I sketched in my youth and later painted a bit with Acrylic. Sadly, I took about a 20 year break. Though I've recently started watercolor, I know there's is a lot of information here that will be very useful!! A new Subscriber! 🎨

@andrewsart23 8 ай бұрын

Its almost like he's talking about watercolor... I know its suggested that you paint standing up sometimes so that you can get better use of the elbow and shoulder movement in order to have more smoother strokes and gestures...

@jamieburton5524 2 жыл бұрын

so helpful, thank you so much!

@sujanithtottempudi2991 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent....also ..I salute you for not wasting materials 🙏

@KS-xz2rq 2 жыл бұрын

Professor Florent , wonderful content!

@PursuingHeaven Ай бұрын

I am always overwhelmed when I watch your videos.

@pantherpaw9 4 ай бұрын

As an engineer, I’m very appreciative of your explanation using statistical analysis 😊 I love it.

@kerrisabine-wolf4818 Ай бұрын

OMG!!!!! I love this!!!!!! Thank you!!!! It is near impossible to get my students to understand this.

@nadineneg 4 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw your video, I jumped to your course and wanted to thank you for your course! I have been painting for three months and didn't know what to make of it. It seemed as if I had dared to enter a magnificent encoded universe, but I happened to have left the keys behind, so I got entangled at the doorway! Thank you for providing the first key and a vital map so that one would never get lost during the trip. Thank you again! 🙏🏻♥

@Tawadeb 23 сағат бұрын

@@nadineneg he has a course???

@jeffh8840 2 жыл бұрын

Well explained. Great information.

@studiosandi 2 жыл бұрын

Well laid out!

@manancia8520 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for having this chanel. I reallly enjoy it.

@Tawadeb 23 сағат бұрын

Thank you this looks to be soooo helpful.

@FlorentFargesarts 13 сағат бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Rbkamel 2 жыл бұрын

Love the new video series you uploaded in last weeks If would please make tips for reuse old caves

@Blondk100 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this explanation I am a new painter and a pencil holder. lol room to improve

@108bhavani 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial many many thanks

@claires9100 2 жыл бұрын

Je n'y avais jamais considéré. Merci de cette manière de voir les combinaisons.

@ringtong99 11 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing!

@ladyethyme 2 жыл бұрын

Medium additions are huge variables too!

@jumanas4012 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your tips , i use this mistake one brush per color so my colors stays clean .

@FirstNameLastName-hahaha 4 күн бұрын

Brilliant - i had more fun/satisfaction in the last ten minutes doing everything different than countless hours prior. Onwards amd upwards.

@bryanmartin9420 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

@keariewashburn4680 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video 😊💗

@saritaupadhyay5594 6 ай бұрын

Wow nice tips😮

@DavidConnerCodeaholic 8 ай бұрын

I try to think of everything in these terms. For the first few levels, it actually helps to study robotics a bit, since they have good methods for defining degrees of freedom for motion. There are some videos from Northwest University on robotics that illustrate what I’m referring to. To me, these ways of thinking are mostly useful for enumerating the categories of possibilities so you can ensure you try a wide set of variants more quickly. There are many difficult to learn factors which more strongly affect the outcome than the variables you have conscious control over. Like solvents, dryness of surface or paint on brush, bristle flexibility, etc. these are hard to control, but also hard to notice if you aren’t trying to notice the variables you discuss.

@DavidConnerCodeaholic 8 ай бұрын

Thinking in terms of machine learning also gives you the valuable insight that you should approach things with the right amount of randomness, while being aware of how each variable added value or caused problems. Over time, you should develop an understanding of how these variables combine for effect.

@someones_daughter_ 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@PanerramikVon Жыл бұрын

Very good information!

@manicangel7796 Жыл бұрын

RE: you note section. No, I don't mind. As a matter of fact I love you for it. I can barely afford canvasses let alone waste them when I want to practice technique and this to me is brilliant.

@FariKanwal Жыл бұрын

Yes at start my painting is loose i prefer loose hand directional strokes but for end precise detailing its pencil approach

@sadiaawanartist Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you 💕... Informative video....

@ritaparker478 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, very helpful.

@FlorentFargesarts 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@annasolovienko9588 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@lunaticplantlover 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice is so cute, charming, kinda childish and playful sometimes, also very classy like high French bourgeois and at the same time a little bit Chinese-British-Italian and much more. Wow. Love you

@DJarry394 3 ай бұрын

If you take a look at Richard Diebenkorn’s paintings, especially his earlier figurative pieces, you can see how he scrubbed and blended on the canvas, and even picked up part of the bottom layer, AND IT WORKED! His work is breathtaking

@shuvoDhar.5537 2 жыл бұрын

Great information 👍🏻👍🏻❤❤❤

@mammi3577 22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🩵

@enderjacket6384 8 ай бұрын

My favorite brush stroke: light touch, full body involved, end, obtuse angle, so slow its basically yoga, wet on wet, HEAVY texture, opaque, creamy, slightly springy, cackling.

@chiquitafeldberg8512 2 жыл бұрын

Your so good at instruction

@RorianTube 9 ай бұрын

Super!

@williamlovemo8596 2 ай бұрын

you are so very eloquent :)

@ghoshashok5811 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic suggestion thanks

@FlorentFargesarts Жыл бұрын

Most welcome 😊

@friendlypiranha774 2 жыл бұрын

I like you glass palette. Where can I get one please?

@KB-ty2gc 4 ай бұрын

Yeah this makes sense, this is why beginners, while they can do wonderful paintings, they will feel and fall in the beginner style, because they tend to take the same path... Even experience artists will repeat a path, but it will be an interesting one, that will form their style. I learn a lot about effect of pressure by painting with palette knives. I love knives, because you can with the angle apply pressure and make a hard edge and softly deposit a fresh layer.

@jameswoodard1602 Жыл бұрын

what about separate brushes for different values? light, medium and dark?

@Curtislow2 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Excellent explanation. What are your thoughts using a Mahl stick ?

@FlorentFargesarts 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a pretty tight painter so I'm a big advocate. For a more loose alla prima approach, you can do without it but I personally couldn't, I use it a lot !

@Name-ot3xw 3 ай бұрын

I have access to a 2nd hand art store, it's been nice being able to try out new (old) brushes for a dollar each.

@Tawadeb 23 сағат бұрын

What a great idea!!

@fionabromby4546 2 жыл бұрын

With respect all this is of use. But. The way you see your subject governs all the movement of your brush I’ve been a professional artist and art lecturer for more years than I could say! When I paint i only see the whole of the space I’m filling. No idea how I use the brush. It seems to be an extension of my brain. Hope this makes sense.

@roussmade7360 2 жыл бұрын

to sum up the clip- possibility's are endless given color, angle, speed, brush, pressure, viscosity, .....the list goes on. so best thing to do is go practice. and feel the paint in your hand and how it moves on the canvas. stay in tune with what you are doing while you paint and practice new possibility's.

@ronpaulick8395 9 ай бұрын

An Native American artist friend suggested letting the brush dance according to the desired feel of the painting.

@FlorentFargesarts 9 ай бұрын

Love it ✨️🎨🖌🙂

@gillesmarietta6576 2 жыл бұрын

Je vous suis depuis au moins deux ans et j’ai également acheté votre formation qui est très instructive et très complète. Mais depuis un moment, étant abonné, je m’aperçois que toutes les vidéos sont en anglais ( ce que je peux comprendre compte tenu du nombre plus important de visionnage) mais ne serait-il pas possible de mettre au moins des sous titres en français ? Est-ce techniquement très compliqué ? Encore merci pour tous vos conseils. Bon courage.

@kentjensen4504 2 жыл бұрын

Clever!

@tumblingrosesstudio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, getting back into painting is like learning to use chopsticks again

@alviegieghtejoso7942 2 жыл бұрын

I miss your narrative painting 💯

@FlorentFargesarts 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be posting a new painting video soon 😊👍🎨

@alviegieghtejoso7942 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlorentFargesarts much appreciated, i'll wait😊🇵🇭

@Tililiish 4 ай бұрын

J'adore! Tu as fait un bac S? haha, merci pour ces cours!

@tawnyanielson9741 5 күн бұрын

If I do acrylic painting, will it still be beneficial for me to take your courses?

@giovannisiano574 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it also depends what you are painting. I see people doing photo-realistic paintings in 8" x 6" canvas. For sure they have no chance to use and elbow or, leave alone, a shoulder movement. Most is a pen-like usage with small brushes. Even for large photo-realistic works the application is very precise and using minimum amount of color.

@chiricuttcomepapt5100 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. May I add other factors: illumination or your work (color, intensity, DIRECTION). Air quality of your shop. Position of the work (floor, wall, overhead or in between). Flying insects.

@commandernoodles2367 9 күн бұрын

So since I'm a beginner and I don't want to waste canvass I should practice painting on a glass palette instead of canvass?

@adhdhamster 4 ай бұрын

Question.... is this applicable to all (paint) mediums. I realize at least to some degrees it is... but some details felt more directed towards oil paints specifically? Probably a dumb question... and probably shouldn't matter and I should just try everything anyway. But I i couldn't resist at least asking